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Tidy Towns 2007 / Pride of Place

This was the second year of the highly popular County Tidy Towns Competition which was organised by Sligo County Council. A total of 136 entry forms were received in 2007, an increase of 22% on the volume of applications received in 2006.

The following Groups were awarded prizes:-

Best Kept Housing Estate

The Links, Enniscrone
Newtown Residents Association - Grange
Hillcrest Park Residents Association, Strandhill
Gort na Sí Residents Committee, Coolaney
Highfield Estate Residents Association, Tubbercurry
Woodbrook Heights Residents Association, Ballisodare
Cloondara Residents Association, Ballisodare

Best Kept School

St. Johns National School Ballisodare
Killavil National School
Scoil Criost Ri, Coolaney
Knockminna NS, Ballymote
Colaiste Iascaigh, Easkey
St Attracta’s Community School, Tubbercurry
Colaiste Mhuire, Ballymote

Best Kept Shop Front/Business

Sligo Aluminium, Grange
The Strand Bar, Strandhill

Best Community Managed Bottle Bank

Enniscrone Tidy Towns Committee
Keash Village Enhancement Group
Banada Development Agency
Grange Tidy Towns

Best Kept Street

Ballintogher Tidy Towns - Main Street
Strandhill Comm Development Assoc. - Village
Open Space/Green or Riverside Area
Ballymote Tidy Towns - Town Park
Enniscrone Tidy Towns Committee - Promenade
Grange Tidy Towns Committee - Village Park

County Award

Ballintogher Tidy Towns Committee
Ballisodare Tidy Towns Committee
Ballymote Community Enterprise - Tidy Towns Committee
Banada Development Agency - Tidy Towns Committee
Carney Tidy Towns Committee
Coolaney Tidy Tiwns Committee
Easkey Community Council -Tidy Towns Committee
Grange Tidy Towns Committee
Mullaghmore Active - Tidy Towns Committee
Riverstown Tidy Towns Committee
Tubbercurry Tidy Towns Committee
Keash Village Enhancement Tidy Towns Committee

Towns and villages throughout County Sligo also took part in the National Tidy Towns Competition run by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and sponsored by SuperValu since 1992.

SLIGO PRIDE OF PLACE COMPETITION

Sligo County Council in co-operation with Sligo Borough Council once again came together to reward and honour communities and areas engaged in ongoing or recently completed projects which foster awareness and enhancement in the locale, promote civic pride and encourage full community participation. The Pride of Place Competition recognises and celebrates the vital contributions that community groups make to society.

The focus is on people coming together to shape, change and enjoy all that is good about their local area. It differs from other similar projects in that it specifically recognises the involvement of the local community in all aspects of rural and urban life including regeneration projects, promoting social inclusion and cohesion, the promotion of heritage and environmental awareness. Nominations are made by local authorities, who see at first hand what is being carried out at local level.

Four groups went forward to represent Sligo at the All Island Pride of Place Awards:

Banada Development Agency,
The Catalyst Project,
Forthill History Art and Mens Group and
Tubbercurry Fair Trade Committee

National Pride of Place Awards Ceremony 2007

The Co-operation Ireland Pride of Place winners were announced on the 10th November at a gala awards ceremony in Westport’s Knockranny House Hotel. The competition is run by the charity Co-operation Ireland in partnership with the All-Island Local Authority Steering Forum, a forum which seeks strategic and sustainable approaches to cross border co-operation by local authorities.

In 2007, there were nominations received from villages, towns and cities from practically every county in Ireland. All of these nominees demonstrated what can be achieved when people work together to enhance and change parts of their area for the good of the whole community.

Although there were no overall prizes won by those groups representing Sligo, Banada Development Agency was shortlisted in its category of a population of less than 200.

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